Israel Bombs Iran Nuclear Sites 6-13-25
Israel launches sweeping strike on Iran while Trump administration seeks diplomatic solution
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched a sweeping strike on Iran following months of attempted, and seemingly failed, nuclear negotiations between the Trump administration and Tehran, but according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the U.S. was not involved in the strikes. "Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran," Rubio said in a statement Thursday night. "We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region. "Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense," he added.
In remarks following the strike, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed, "We targeted Iran's leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb, we also struck the heart of Iran's ballistic missile program. "Our fight is not with the people of Iran, our fight is with the Iran's dictatorship," he added.
According to an IDF spokesman the strike has been dubbed "Operation Rising Lion" and came after Jerusalem had collected "high-quality intel" that suggested "Iran is closer than ever to developing a nuke." An IDF spokesman told reporters, "We have no choice but to act against these existential threats to the State of Israel."
Fox News' Trey Yingst reported that Israel carried out strikes in Iran, adding that explosions were heard in the capital of Tehran. A state of emergency has been declared across Israel as the country braces for an Iranian response.
The strikes came after Israel first threatened to go after Iran’s nuclear facilities in early November following a series of back-and-forth missile attacks between April and October last year.
Direct engagement between Israel and Iran began after Tehran in April 2024 levied its first ever direct strikes against Israeli territory. Israel responded less than a week later and destroyed part of Iran’s S-300 long-range air defense system.
Israel hits the ‘heart’ of
Iran’s nuclear program in Natanz facility strike
Israeli PM confirms Natanz facility targeted in Thursday's military operation against Tehran's weapons development
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that one of Iran’s top nuclear facilities had been hit in Thursday night's strike against the regime.
"Iran has produced enough
highly enriched uranium for nine atom bombs, nine," Netanyahu said. "In recent months, Iran is taking
steps that it has never taken before, steps to weaponize this enriched uranium.
And if not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short
time."
The Natanz Nuclear Facility – one of Tehran’s key nuclear sites and which has been flagged by security experts that in coordination with the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to produce 11 nuclear weapons within a month – has been hit in the strikes, though the extent of the damage remains unknown.
"We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart Iran's nuclear weaponization program," Netanyahu said in live remarks. "We targeted Iran's main enrichment facility in Natanz.
"We targeted Iran's
leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb," he added.
The Nantaz Nuclear Facility was at least partially destroyed in 2020 following an explosion, and satellite imagery has suggested Iran began constructing deep underground tunnels to further secure and obscure their nuclear program, reported the Institute for Science and International Security earlier this year.
Another five military bases surrounding Tehran were also reportedly hit.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-hits-heart-irans-nuclear-program-natanz-facility-strike
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